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Article: Overseas Tourists to China Surge in First Two Months
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 3, 2000
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The number of overseas tourists, including those from Hong Kong,
Macao and Taiwan, visiting China reached 12.52 million in the first
two months this year, bringing in a record revenue of 2.3 billion
U.S. dollars.
The latest statistics from the China National Tourism
Administration indicate that in January and February the number of
overseas tourists jumped 13.86 percent over the same period last
year.
Of the total, the number of strictly foreign tourists surged 24.
8 percent to 1.27 million, with tourists from Asia and Europe
growing by 28.8 percent and 21.9 percent, respectively.
Among the 15 major target countries, tourists from Republic of
Korea shot up 51 percent, while the increase in ...